A method, device and system are provided for a user equipment positioning. In an embodiment, a central device of a radio access network (RAN) node, which comprises the central device and at least two distributed devices, receives positioning measurement request information from a location management function (LMF) device. The central device separately sends uplink signal configuration information to a first distributed device and a second distributed device of the at least two distributed devices in application protocol signaling. The first and two distributed devices measure an uplink signal sent from a user equipment, and the two distributed devices separately sends a uplink signal measurement result in an application protocol signaling to the central device. The central device sends a positioning measurement result comprising the two uplink signal measurement results to the LMF device.
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3. The method according to claim 1, wherein the central device hosting a radio resource control layer of the RAN node, the at least two distributed devices hosting a physical layer of the RAN node.
4. The method according to claim 2, wherein the uplink signal comprises a sounding reference signal.
5. The method according to claim 1, wherein the first application protocol signaling, the second application protocol signaling, the third application protocol signaling, and the fourth application protocol signaling respectively comprise a corresponding F1 interface application protocol (F1AP) signaling over an F1 interface, the F1 interface being an interface between the central device and each of the at least two distributed devices.
6. The method according to claim 1, wherein the first distributed device is a serving distributed device of a user equipment, and the second distributed device is a non-serving distributed device of the user equipment.
10. The method according to claim 1, wherein the first distributed device and the second distributed device are serving distributed devices of a user equipment.
13. The method according to claim 1, wherein the first distributed device and the second distributed device are non-serving distributed devices of a user equipment.
16. The method according to claim 15, wherein the first application protocol signaling further comprises a first uplink signal measurement indication, and the second application protocol signaling further comprises a second uplink signal measurement indication.
19. The central device according to claim 17, wherein the central device hosting a radio resource control layer of the RAN node, the at least two distributed devices hosting a physical layer of the RAN node.
20. The central device according to claim 18, wherein the uplink signal comprises a sounding reference signal.
21. The central device according to claim 17, wherein the first application protocol signaling, the second application protocol signaling, the third application protocol signaling, and the fourth application protocol signaling respectively comprise a corresponding F1 interface application protocol (F1AP) signaling over an F1 interface, the F1 interface being an interface between the central device and each of the at least two distributed devices.
22. The central device according to claim 17, wherein the first distributed device is a serving distributed device of a user equipment, and the second distributed device is a non-serving distributed device of the user equipment.
26. The central device according to claim 17, wherein the first distributed device and the second distributed device are serving distributed devices of a user equipment.
29. The central device according to claim 17, wherein the first distributed device and the second distributed device are non-serving distributed devices of a user equipment.
32. The central device according to claim 31, wherein the first application protocol signaling further comprises a first uplink signal measurement indication, and the second application protocol signaling further comprises a second uplink signal measurement indication.
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